Overview

• Sky Sports will air 118 WSL games this season, including 78 exclusive broadcasts and the majority of top‑pick fixtures, accounting for roughly 90% of the 132‑match calendar.
• Coverage adds Multiview to follow up to four games at once and a 60‑minute Sunday build‑up show from 11am, with a new WSL YouTube channel, BBC showing 21 live matches, and every game available live on TV or online.
• Chelsea open against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Friday in a campaign where the reigning champions enter as clear favourites after last season’s unbeaten domestic treble.
• Newly promoted London City Lionesses, funded by owner Michele Kang, step up as the league’s first fully independent club after an aggressive recruitment drive that includes Spain defender Jana Fernandez and England forward Nikita Parris.
• WSL Football introduces a salary floor across WSL and WSL2 along with higher welfare standards, including a full‑time performance wellbeing role and Nike‑backed boots and gloves provision for players without personal deals.